Brooks and DeNooyer: July 2009

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Sea Wall
This piece is dedicated to Alison Laslett of Deer Isle, Maine

Perc City
We collaborated with Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) on this one.

Photo by Ian Brooks

About Malcolm

Malcolm Brooks composes music for films, churches, and performing artists. Films he has scored with Rushmore DeNooyer are televised throughout the world and have earned numerous honors, including two Emmy nominations and a Peabody award. His works for churches are performed regularly, including his sanctus, which has been sung at over 300 services. His songs, primarily folk in style, have been recorded on compilations in Greenwich Village and in cafes in San Francisco. His song "House of Stone" has been performed by folk artists for over 25 years. Malcolm holds degrees from Columbia and Berkeley and is currently working on a doctoral thesis through Prescott College about creating folk songs from the ethnographies of people in Maine.

About Rush

Rush DeNooyer has been playing music since the third grade. After wrestling unsuccessfully with recorder and trombone for several years, he switched to an instrument that did not use his mouth and took up guitar. In 1968, he met Malcolm Brooks and the two started playing guitar, eventually graduating from basements to recording studios. They have been musical partners ever since, playing folk, rock, country, as well as composing scores for film and television. Now in their fourth decade of making music together, Malcolm and Rush are currently recording a CD of guitar duets. In addition to producing, arranging, and playing music, Rush is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work appears regularly on PBS and cable.